Crossing into Costa Rica

17 November 2009

The only way to cross the border into Costa Rica in this remote area is by boat. After clearing immigration we hopped on a little narrow boat that took us the 1.5hrs through the rain forest and jungle to Los Chiles, Costa Rica.

We decided to follow the gringo trail and headed to La Fortuna in search of seeing the world famous Volcan de Arenal. The changes once arriving in Costa Rica were crazy: the chicken buses turned to big comfortable double deckers, dust roads to tarseal, markets turned to actual shops and buildings and the constant harrassment and begging disappeared.

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